Example sentences of "finish [pos pn] second " in BNC.
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| 1 | Why ? ’ she inquired , as , tongue clenched between teeth , she carefully finished her second eyelid . |
| 2 | Jenny finished her second pint with a swallow that reminded Pascoe , who was watching her surreptitiously through the bar mirror , of Jacko Roberts . |
| 3 | Yet Faldo , who finished his second round in semi darkness last night , and started badly yesterday with two bogeys in his first six holes , was remarkably cheerful . |
| 4 | In the next year , 1877 , Brahms started and finished his Second Symphony in a couple of months ! |
| 5 | But as he was finishing his second pint , and wondering again whether to go up and see one or other of the Mrs Machins , his mind was made up for him . |
| 6 | I was doing my third week as a young crime reporter and had just about finished my second and last story of the day when the phone rang . |
| 7 | When they 'd finished their second cup of coffee her companion murmured , ‘ Time for one more thing . ’ |
| 8 | Leith had almost finished her second course when , quite happy to let Travis talk away , she suddenly wondered , as he began to get repetitive , if she was indeed helping him by letting him talk so much on the same theme . |
| 9 | Dicks has just finished his second suspension this season . |